The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a new study on Wednesday exposing significant discrimination Jewish and Israeli American job-seekers face in the U.S. labor market.
The study, conducted by the ADL Center for Antisemitism Research and spearheaded by leading labor economist Bryan Tomlin, PhD, found that Jewish American job candidates needed to send 24.2% more applications to receive the same number of positive first responses from prospective employers as Americans with Western European backgrounds when applying for the same role.
For resumes indicating an Israeli sounding name and professional background, applicants needed to send 39% more inquiries to receive the same number of responses from prospective employers compared to job-seekers whose names and experience suggested a more Western European background but who had otherwise matching qualifications, according to the study.
As the ADL and FBI already track increased antisemitism through physical or verbal crimes such as assault, vandalism and harassment, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt explained that their new study for the first time provides empirical data supporting how the concerning trend has trickled into the adverse treatment of Jews in the U.S. labor market.
“We see a clear pattern of discrimination through this empirical research which bears out what we had heard anecdotally,” Greenblatt told Fox News Digital. “There is real implications at our labor market where Jewish and Israeli people are being discriminated against. It’s a big problem that hasn’t been reported on that we’re just breaking right now.”
“So, this data is significant because we are on the cusp of a new political administration in Washington. And we’re seeing the results of unaddressed antisemitism,” he continued. “At ADL, we’ve been focused on this fight for a long time. But since October the 7th, we’ve seen a legitimization of anti-Jewish prejudice. We’ve seen an expansion of anti-Zionist bias.”
